Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Barney Adair (2-6-1 across 9 tracked bouts) and Lew Tendler (145-16-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Barney Adair vs Lew Tendler — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lew Tendler leads 1–0- Lew Tendler wonTendler vs AdairJan 2, 1922 · NWS
The Numbers
- 2-6-1
- Record
- 145-16-8 (edge)
- 27.8%
- Win %
- 88.2% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 38 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 26.21%
- 50% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 27%
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.9
- Bouts per year
- 11.7 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 171
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 127
- —
- Stance
- Southpaw
- —
- Division
- Welterweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBarney Adair · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
1
Lew Tendler · 145 wins
KO/TKO
39
Decision
20
Other
86
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 171 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Barney Adair
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Sep 6, 1926
Lew Tendler
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 18, 1928
Common Questions
- Have Barney Adair and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?
- Yes. Barney Adair and Lew Tendler met once on January 2, 1922, and Lew Tendler won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Barney Adair or Lew Tendler?
- Barney Adair is 2-6-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lew Tendler is 145-16-8. Lew Tendler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Barney Adair or Lew Tendler?
- Barney Adair has 1 knockout win and Lew Tendler has 38. Lew Tendler has more.
- Do Barney Adair and Lew Tendler have any common opponents?
- Barney Adair and Lew Tendler share 3 common opponents: Pinky Mitchell, Benny Leonard and Rocky Kansas. Lew Tendler fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barney Adair and Lew Tendler?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Barney Adair and 171 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.